BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Thursday prolonged sanctions targeting dozens of Belarus officials, including President Alexander Lukashenko, for a year over allegations of fraud in the country’s presidential election last summer and the crackdown on peaceful protesters that followed.
The measures include an asset freeze and bans on traveling in the 27-nation EU for 88 people, including politicians, state security personnel and businesspeople, and asset freezes on seven organizations. EU citizens and companies also are forbidden from providing them with funds.
About the cartoon: Belarus is a landlocked nation, bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Thursday prolonged sanctions targeting dozens of Belarus officials, including President Alexander Lukashenko, for a year over allegations of fraud in the country’s presidential election last summer and the crackdown on peaceful protesters that followed.
The measures include an asset freeze and bans on traveling in the 27-nation EU for 88 people, including politicians, state security personnel and businesspeople, and asset freezes on seven organizations. EU citizens and companies also are forbidden from providing them with funds.
https://apnews.com/article/europe-alexander-lukashenko-belarus-elections-presidential-elections-c9298793c07e5ed2989a36b0b49c8a18
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-belarus-election-rights/protester-jailed-in-belarus-for-10-years-as-u-n-warns-of-human-rights-crisis-idUSKBN2AP26Y
About the cartoon: Belarus is a landlocked nation, bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest.